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Cooks Corner workforce housing costs soar
Up by nearly a third since 2021
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) learned in February that the cost of building a 24-unit workforce housing complex at Cooks Corner has increased approximately 25% to 30% from when it...
Historical Middlesex displays examined
New historical items considered
The Middlesex Historic Courthouse Committee (MHCC) met on Feb. 28 and agreed to propose a memorandum of understanding between the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) and Middlesex County Museum and Historical Society in an...
Volunteers needed for spring cleaning of road
The “spring cleaning” of Old Virginia Street (Route 602) is set for Saturday, March 23, from 8:30 a.m. to noon.
It’s part of “The Great Middlesex Green Up,” sponsored by Keep Middlesex Beautiful, VDOT, and Middlesex County.
The plan is to...
Historic district status eyed for Cooks Corner locations
The Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) is considering an application to name two Middlesex County-owned properties at Cooks Corner to the National Register of Historic Places — to become the St. Clare Walker School Historic District.
The nomination will...
Presidential dual-party primary set for Tuesday
The presidential dual-party primary is set for Tuesday, March 5. This is a dual-party primary, which means the Democratic and Republican parties conduct their primaries on the same day.
“Unlike some other states, voters do not register to vote by...
Urbanna to buy new town hall
The Urbanna Town Council voted to purchase at a cost of $1.1 million the new town hall that it has been renting for two years. The building and 1.34 acres are located at 390 Old Virginia St., the former...
Three-vehicle crash in Topping sends four to hospitals
A crash victim was airlifted to a hospital following a three-vehicle crash on Greys Point Road (Route 3) in Topping on Saturday night, reported First Sgt. J.A. Teagle of the Virginia State Police’s Gloucester office.
According to the crash report,...
MCSO seeks public’s help in ID’ing break-in suspect
The Middlesex County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) is requesting assistance from the public in identifying the individual depicted in this photograph.
During the later evening hours of Saturday, Feb. 10, into the early morning hours of Sunday, Feb. 11, two Middlesex...
Founders Day Black History event offered many interesting messages
The past has many lessons. And, it’s important to capture family memories and preserve them for future generations, the Rev. Woodland L. Holmes told the audience at the 2024 Founders Day Black History Presentation on Feb. 10 at Immanuel...
Locust Hill man pleads guilty in child sex case
On Feb. 12, Benjamin Bagby, 54, of Locust Hill pleaded guilty in Middlesex County Circuit Court to contributing to the delinquency of a minor and sexual battery, reported Middlesex Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael Hurd.
In pleading guilty to the two misdemeanors,...
